Influence Analysis in Social Networks: Examining Safety and Privacy Risk Levels of the High School Students to Personality Measures

Abstract

The sexual abuse of children or any sexual contact with them by an adult or older adolescent is not a new phenomenon. Sexual assault does not always involve physical contact – acts such as voyeurism and exhibitionism yet it can be regarded as unwanted sexual attention. Sexual assault is arguably one of the few crimes for which high school students are at greater risk than the general population. With the widespread use of the Internet forming a global network, a heterogeneous social network that allows interaction between individuals and communities residing in different regions has been created. Social media provides many possibilities for researchers as an area in which information, views, and interests representing people's identities are shared through virtual communication. The purpose of this study was to determine specifically how to protect high school students from sexual assaults and awareness of privacy. This paper is expected to shed light on a relatively similar subject, however, in a whole new environment that emerged along with the digital era. This study is a descriptive one and it was figured with survey method. The test is to be taken within a 45-minute period. This scale is used in the virtual environment to determine the attitudes of the individuals and the cognitive factors affecting the media choice of the individual. Total 600 students (Male=293, Female=307) answered an online questionnaire during the May 2016. Our findings point to the complex ways in which young people use social media, identity and the sexual assault risk on SNSs.

Keywords

• Privacy
• risky behaviors
• social media
• personality
• Individual differences

SOSYAL AĞLARDA ETKİ ANALİZİ: TÜRKİYE’DEKİ LİSESİÖĞRENCİLERİNİN KİŞİLİK ÖZELLİKLERİNE GÖRE GÜVENLİK VE MAHREMİYET RİSK SEVİYELERİNİN İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Yetişkin ya da bir ergen tarafından çocuklara cinsel taciz veya cinsel temas yeni bir olgu değildir. Cinsel saldırı her zaman röntgencilik ve teşhircilik gibi fiziksel temas eylemlerini içermez,istenmeyen cinsel bir ilgi de olarak saldırı olarak kabul edilebilir. Cinsel saldırı, lise öğrencilerinin büyük risk altında olduğu birkaç suçtan biridir. İnternetin yaygınlaşıp küresel bir ağ oluşturmasıyla birlikte, farklı bölgelerde yaşayan bireyler ve topluluklar arasında etkileşimi sağlayan heterojen bir sosyal ağ oluşturulmaktadır. Sosyal medya, insanların kimliklerini temsil eden bilgi, görüş ve ilgi alanlarının sanal iletişim yoluyla paylaşıldığı bir alan olarak araştırmacılar için birçok olanaklar sağlamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı lise öğrencilerinin cinsel saldırı ve mahremiyet alanlarını nasıl koruyacaklarını belirlemektir. Bu makale dijital çağla birlikte ortaya çıkan yepyeni bir ortamda benzer konulardaki çalışmalara ışık tutması beklenmektedir. Bu çalışmada, Good Secrets, Bad Secret ölçeği ile kişilik özelliklerinin alt ölçek puanlarının (dışadönüklük ve gelişime açıklık) yaş, cinsiyet, sınıf ve eğitim ile sosyal medya kullanım değişkenlerine göre anlamlı bir ilişki olup olmadığı incelenmiştir. Bu ölçek sanal ortamda bireylerin tutumlarını ve medya tercihlerini etkileyen bilişsel faktörleri belirlemek için uygulanmıştır. Toplam 600 öğrenci (Erkek=293, Kadın=307) Mayıs 2016'da internet ortamında anketi yanıtlamıştır. Bulgular, gençlerin sosyal ağ sitelerinde cinsel saldırı riski taşıdığı karmaşık sonuçlara işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

• Privacy
• risky behaviors
• social media
• personality
• Individual differences

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